Title :
Control of phonon polariton propagation in LiNbO3 single crystals
Author :
Katayama, Ikufumi ; Ikegaya, Yuji ; Minami, Yasuo ; Takeda, Jun
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated control of E-mode phonon polariton propagation in LiNbO3 single crystals by using double pump excitation. Either forward or backward travelling phonon polariton could be selectively excited by tuning the delay between two pump pulses.
Keywords :
laser tuning; lithium compounds; optical control; optical materials; optical pumping; polaritons; E-mode phonon polariton propagation control; LiNbO3; LiNbO3 single crystals; backward travelling phonon polariton; double pump excitation; forward travelling phonon polariton; pump pulse delay tuning; Crystals; Lithium niobate; Mirrors; Phonons; Probes; Spectroscopy; Time-frequency analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA